Counter-seat for stores



- (No Model.)

A. E. FRANCIS. Counter Seat for Stores.

No. 240,117. Patented April 12,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLAN E. FRANCIS, OF GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO.

COUNTER-SEAT FOR STORES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,117, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed August 13, 1880. (No model.)

. Store Counter-Seat, of which the following is a specification.

The nature and objects of this invention will fully appear from the subjoined description, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in. which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the seat extended for use. Fig. 3 is the same closed up. Fig. 4 is an under-side view of the seat, showing manner of attaching chain. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the seat, showing construction.

A is the support for the seat B, which may be of iron, cast in any suitable pattern. This support is secured to the base of a counter by sockets a a, in which lugs on the foot of said support are inserted, which allows the support to be tilted outward and back, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The upper end of this support is provided with an open frame with ears 0 at one side, to which the seat is hinged. To the bottom of the seat B is attached a metal spider, 0, having two projections, 0, extending downward, by means of which the seat is pivoted to the support A between the aforesaid ears 6.

D is a chain attached to the projection 0 under the seat by a loop, (I, the opposite end of said chain being attached by means of a loop,

01 to a fastening, E, secured to the side of the counter, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, on a level with the top end of the support. A set-screw, f, is placed in the spider O, which rests on a projection, g, on the head of the support A, for the purpose of preventing the seat tilting over forward when sat upon.

In Fig. 5 is seen a cross-section of the seat, showing the cushion h made separate and inserted in a recess in the upper side of the seat. The object of this construction is to enable the cushion to be removed for repairs and cleanin g. The wooden margin of the seat also protects and prevents the wearing oif of the edge of the cushion.

A small catch, t, attached to the counter, is

employed to hold the seat when closed up.

Having described my invention, I claim- The support A, secured to the base of counter by means of sockets a, and having frame with ears 6 and projection g at upper end, in combination with the seat B, having spider C, with its projections c and set-screw f, the chain D, attached to seat B by loop d, and attached by loop d to fastening E on the side of the counter, all constructed and arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

ALLAN E. FRANCIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, O. D. OGONNOR. 

